Candidate campaigns against compulsory voting

East Gippsland councillor and federal election candidate Ben Buckley says his opposition to compulsory voting will feature in his campaign.

Mr Buckley is running for the Liberal Democrats in the seat of Gippsland.

He wants the Federal Government to take on more responsibility for managing health, education and water resources.

Mr Buckley has also revived his campaign against compulsory voting, saying it is not right that people get fined if they do not vote.

"This is most important to me. My detractors say, 'well you've got the option of casting an informal vote'. Well that's all well and good but that's counted as a vote and that's an opinion you've been forced to express," he said.